Jeffrey Epstein had bizarre portrait of ‘Bill Clinton in Hillary’s dress and heels in his New York mansion’

Jenny Awford, US Digital Editor

15 Aug 2019, 0:19

Updated: 15 Aug 2019, 8:52

JEFFREY Epstein had a provocative portrait of Bill Clinton in a dress and heels hanging in his New York mansion, reports claim.

The paedo, 66, appears to have adorned his $56million (£44million) townhouse with a painting of the ex-president reclining in the Oval Office.

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Jeffrey Epstein had this provocative portrait of Bill Clinton in his New York mansion, according to reportsCredit: Petrina Ryan-Kleid

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Disgraced Epstein, 66, hanged himself in his jail cell on SaturdayCredit: Rex Features

Clinton is spruced up in a glam blue gown, evoking memories of Monica Lewinsky’s infamous dress which almost destroyed his presidency.

It is also similar to a glamorous statement dress worn by Hillary Clinton at the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors.

The original painting, which is titled Parsing Bill, is by Manhattan-based artist Petrina Ryan-Kleid.

It is not yet clear whether Epstein, who took his own life in jail on Saturday, purchased the portrait or just bought one of the prints.

The bizarre painting was spotted inside the disgraced billionaire’s mansion in October 2012.

The visitor, who wished to remain anonymous, claims to have seen the portrait while being led from the office to Epstein's "personal quarters".

"It was through a door that had been left temporarily open by his housekeeper or butler," the source told Dailymail.com.

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The dress is strikingly similar to a statement gown worn by Hillary Clinton at the 2009 Kennedy Center HonorsCredit: Getty - Pool

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The dress also evokes memories of Monica Lewinsky’s infamous dress which almost destroyed his presidency

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Monica Lewinsky, then a White House intern, is seen meeting Clinton at a functionCredit: Handout - Getty

The source also claimed to have seen a girl who looked to be around 14-years-old waiting to see the predator.

This was four years after Epstein, who was once friends with Clinton, Donald Trump and Prince Andrew, secured a so-called sweetheart deal for prostitution of a minor.

He pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting an underage victim after federal prosecutors agreed to shelve their case and not prosecute him or his enablers.

Epstein ended up serving 13 months in the county jail and was allowed to leave during the day six days a week to go to work for much of his sentence.

His Manhattan mansion was raided in July after Epstein was arrested on sex trafficking charges at a New Jersey airport.

FBI agents are understood to have found a stash of child abuse images in the billionaire’s safe and other strange paintings in the townhouse.

EPSTEIN'S JAIL 'SUICIDE'

Epstein was awaiting his trial for allegedly running a global child sex ring when he hanged himself in jail on Saturday morning.

He had faced up to 45 years in prison if he had been found guilty of sex trafficking minors and conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of minors.

Clinton released a statement claiming he "knows nothing" about Epstein's alleged crimes and has not spoken to him in a decade.

The former president admitted flying on Epstein’s plane – dubbed the Lolita Express – four times, but pilot logs suggest he actually travelled 27 times.

In a statement, Clinton's office said: "President Clinton knows nothing about the terrible crimes Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty to in Florida some years ago, or those with which he has been recently charged in New York.

CLINTON'S TRIPS ON 'LOLITA EXPRESS'

"In 2002 and 2003, President Clinton took a total of four trips on Jeffrey Epstein’s airplane: one to Europe, one to Asia, and two to Africa, which included stops in connection with the work of the Clinton Foundation.

"Staff, supporters of the Foundation, and his Secret Service detail travelled on every leg of every trip.

"He had one meeting with Epstein in his Harlem office in 2002, and around the same time made one brief visit to Epstein’s New York apartment with a staff member and his security detail.”

Clinton also claimed he had never been to Epstein’s Little St. James Island – dubbed ‘paedo island’ or his ranch in New Mexico, or his residence in Florida.

WAS BILL ON 'PAEDO ISLAND'?

But unsealed legal papers revealed how Clinton was seen walking off with a woman on each arm during a stay at Epstein’s Caribbean island.

The shock allegation came from Virginia Giuffre, 35, who has claimed she was once a globe-trotting teenage “sex slave” for billionaire Epstein.

The claims emerged when more than 2,000 documents were released – just hours before Epstein's prison suicide.

In her statement, Virginia claimed the former US President joined her, Ghislaine Maxwell - Epstein’s ex-lover - Epstein and two other women from New York for dinner.

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